.TH MKFIFO 1 "GNU File Utilities" "FSF" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
mkfifo \- make FIFOs (named pipes)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkfifo
[\-m mode] [\-\-mode=mode] [\-\-help] [\-\-version] filename...
.SH DESCRIPTION
This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be inaccurate
or incomplete.  The Texinfo documentation is now the authoritative source.
.PP
This manual page
documents the GNU version of
.BR mkfifo .
.B mkfifo
creates a FIFO with each given name.  By default, the mode of
created FIFOs is 0666 minus the bits set in the umask.
.SS OPTIONS
.TP
.I "\-m, \-\-mode mode"
Set the mode of created FIFOs to
.IR mode ,
which is symbolic as in chmod and uses the default mode as the point of
departure.
.TP
.I "\-\-help"
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
.TP
.I "\-\-version"
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.
